US EditionU.S. lays charges alleging human smuggling across Canadian border
- On May 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice charged four Mexican nationals with organizing an illegal scheme to smuggle people from Mexico through Canada and into northern New York.
- The group reportedly conducted its human smuggling activities for a period of two years, moving individuals from Mexico through Canada and into the United States, charging them thousands of dollars for each border crossing.
- Law enforcement reported multiple high-speed chases along the Canada-U.S. border, including an April 2023 incident where smugglers fled after setting off a sensor in a vehicle carrying seven adults and three minors.
- Edgar Sanchez-Solis, Ignacio Diaz-Perez, Samuel Diaz-Perez, and Salvador Diaz-Diaz face charges including conspiracy and 25 counts related to transporting undocumented immigrants for profit; two were apprehended in the United States, while the other two had been previously deported.
- Justice Department head Matthew R. Galeotti stated the defendants imperiled human cargo and American lives through repeated life-threatening conduct including high-speed getaways, reflecting ongoing border security challenges.
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Illegal immigrants accused of pocketing thousands by smuggling hundreds of aliens each week from Canada to US
Four Mexican nationals illegally living in the U.S. have been charged in an alleged international human smuggling conspiracy that brought hundreds of illegal immigrants each week across the Canadian border to the U.S. for profit. Edgar Sanchez-Solis, 23, Ignacio Diaz-Perez, 35, Samuel Diaz-Perez, 26, and Salvador Diaz-Diaz, 32, were charged with conspiracy to bring aliens to the U.S. and 25 counts of bringing aliens illegally to the U.S. for pro…
Four Mexican citizens were charged for their alleged involvement in the smuggling of undocumented immigrants to the United States across the Canadian border, the Department of Justice reported this Friday. Edgar Sánchez-Solís, 23, Ignacio Díaz-Pérez, 35; Samuel Díaz-Pérez, 26; and Salvador Díaz-Díaz, 32, were formally charged with some 35 charges, including conspiracy to bring foreigners to the United States. In a statement, the Department of Ju…
Winnipeg Free Press
U.S. lays charges alleging human smuggling across Canadian border
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
The criminal organizations operating in the state have begun to replace the smuggling of migrants with kidnapping as their main source of income, warned State Attorney General César Jáuregui Moreno. Following changes in U.S. immigration policy, which significantly reduced the flow of people trying to cross the border, criminal groups have sought other ways to obtain resources. “That business of the hundred million dollars per month decreased dra…
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